Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

I ASJOcILS DIS duLuOIIty IOC ILLS DHSlLIO1;
also acting on the old quotation thai
| ''siienCe gives consent" They claimed
that the very fact that the constitution
cCp'aIntd no Inhibition against leasing
lands was ample proof that no such con
strncti0n could be placed upon the pro-
vision authorizing the sale Of the pubic
school lands.
One OF the noticeable features in this
debate rO-day, was that the supporters Of
the GarWOOd amendment to strike out
the lease "a y feature of the land b II and
TO repeal the lease law of 1888, were
composed Of the young men Of the House,
denominsted in politics as the "ktd" ele-
ment OF the Democratic party, 20 wit,
Messrs. GarWoOd, Johnson, Nelson,
Christenbrrry and Br wning. The advo-
Gates Of what is called the free grsss pol
icy of TIE GAzETTE say that
this Is significant of the progress
sive Democracy and is indicative of
the death of the lease law system in the
near future, and not many legislative
bodies will meet at Austin before the
lease law will be buried with the mis-
takes of the past. All of the above NAME d
gentlemen made able and exhaustive ar
gumeDts against the lease law, backing
up LHSII ppSiGlOuS ny uRtd pIlOu HUH
the journals Of the constitutional con
vention, extracts from the speeches of
Governor Ross AMI resOluti ns by the
cattle mems convention at Colorado City,
denouncing Mr. BrOwning's and Senator
Houston's land bills and appointing COM
mittees to lobby against them.
Mr. Browning occupied the floor when
the House adjourned and continues his
argument tomorrow.
THE JUDGE WILLIS INVESTIGATION.
The special committee resumed the in
vestigation Of the charges against Judge
Willis this evening al 2 O'Clock. The
principal part of the evening was taken
up by Attorney-Genersl Hogg in intro
duciug documentary evidence consisting
Of the indictments for unlawful inclos-
ures, copies Of the record of the trials
and judgments OF the courts and other
paper- for the purpose of showing the
collusiOn and conspiracy between Judge
Willis and the cattlemen to defraud the
state out of the lease money due on the
state school lands. Several witnesses
were then introduced and the examine
tiOn was continued, eliCiting facts in
substance the same as heretofore pub
lished.
The Senate committee resumed the ex-
animation tonight. Mr.. J +. Evans Of
Sherman was placed on the stand, ana
ssid he and K. z. Warren, who lives
in Bloomington, H., were ut Sherman
during the Clarendon court, and were
both tried in six cases each, in their
absence; that he received letter from
MS egeLt That they were indicted, but
before he would have had time TO
have seut information to his Sgent
they were tried and acquitted. He also
tesUti d thai Mr.. Goodnight said h
(GOCdnight) had spent $50, 900 in defend
ing the lease law cases, and further. that
the fight in the Willis case was made on
him, hut in this connection ne said that
MIR. Goodnight had made no iDtimatiOn
that he had spent any money in the Willis
case.
EDUCATIONAL. COMMITTEE
Senator Simkins and Nj. Howard Of
Gonzales of The board II University
were before the House committee
on education, advocating the adoption OF
Mr.. McGaughey's bill, which provides
that the University, the Agricultural and
Mechanical, the Medical and C0lOred
Colleges be placed uuder control of one
board of regents and tibet the forfeited
land grants of the Texas and Pacific Rail
road be partitioned between them as here
tofore published in THE GAZETTE, The
committee took no formal action on the
bill, and the matter vent over until to-
morrow night.
RED CROSS BRANCH SOCIETY.
A benevolent society of Albany, Tex,
fl ed charter in the Secretary of States |
office to-day. 1t is in the nature of
branch OF the National Red Cross Society. |
Some of the inCOrpOratOrs are: Hon. |
r Fleming, w. l. Bartholomew, + |
Conrad, George Reynolds, W. d. Rey-
nolds, J. B. Mathews, n. II. Burns and |
others. The charter was returned for
DROUTH COMMITTEE DISBURSEMENTS. |
The Official report of the drouth COM
missioDers stetes that the committee |
took the lowest number OF the destitute |
as a basis for appOrtiOnment. They |
fixed the total number Of destitute at 27,-
750. 1t was estimated that each would |
De allowed 1926.
The following is 8 list of counties and |
The amounts appropriated to each:
Lampasas, 1926; Brow, S2437 80: Run
nehs, 1915; Col man, S2437 80; CALI han,
sl625: E4stland. $4,000, Stephens, S4S75;
Yru rg, S2925; Palo Pinto, 94875; CLAY,
$3.50; Wichita. Sl625; WiIbargrr, $3.50;
S2275; San Saba, s2437 90;
Llano, $3.50; Flo, $3.50; Snackrltord,
$3.50; Haskell, 1912 so; Martin,
$3.50; Fisher, $ISl2.50; No
an, $3.50; Comanchp, S3250;
ga milton, $2437 80; Throckmortou,
s487 so; Baylor, S8l2 90; Wise, S4875;
Jack, $500; Parker, $500; Jones.
S2437 so; TAYLOR, S2437 so; Ersth, s4875;
Hood, $2437 so; SomerveH, 1915;
BJsque, Sl625; Montague, $325o; Harde-
nan, Sl625; archer, $3.50.
Total expense Of distributing the fund
was SIPS So, including salaries and
rayeling expenses Of the committee.
Fhirtv-four counties were visited.
CHICAGO FRAUDS,